Steady progress 4 am Woke up to Hannah sitting up in bed (supported by her lovely nurse, Kate) , having a big cough and struggling to shift the ‘frog in her throat’. She had vomited a little but was fine […]
Hannah’s post-surgery recovery | day 2
8am I just came back to intensive care after a few hours’ s sleep. Simon has updated me on his 2nd half night shift. Hannah much as she was when I left earlier this morning. Still quite tearful and very […]
Hannah’s recovery from heart surgery | The first 24 hours
A child’s recovery from heart surgery can be extremely rapid or excruciatingly slow. Hannah’s first open heart surgery in 2000 resulted in her spending 2 weeks in intensive care, struggling to breathe, being extubated and re-intubated more times than I […]
The day of the surgery…
…it feels like time stands still! Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock… 7am Here we go again…Hannah’s had a good night’s sleep (though woke up before the nurse came to wake her at 6 for a last drink of water). I managed to […]
Hannah’s open heart surgery | It’s today!
Or is it?? Clouds and silver linings… Hannah woke up just before the alarm, at 5.30am, for breakfast (she was allowed food until 6) then went straight back to sleep. She then woke up again; I said “get some more […]